Fondation Sibylla Hesse
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 860255413RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,184,868) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Sibylla Hesse is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $12.6M in revenue and $4.2M in expenditures.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $3.5M in 2024, the largest being $3.5M to Voir Liste CI-Jointe de 263 Donataires. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.3M in 2020 to $12.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Dons à des organismes de bienfaisance reconnus.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.6M | $4.2M | $69K | — | $3.5M | $82.3M |
| 2023 | $8.1M | $4.2M | $66K | — | $3.5M | $73.8M |
| 2022 | -$2.1M | $3M | $53K | — | $2.4M | $69.9M |
| 2021 | $10.8M | $2.9M | $81K | — | $2.2M | $75M |
| 2020 | $3.3M | $2.8M | $71K | — | $2.1M | $67.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other income$7,620,148
- Investment income$2,100,527
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.5M to 1 qualified donee:
- Voir Liste CI-Jointe de 263 Donataires$3.5M
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$174K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sibylla Hesse (administratrice); Louis Godbout (président); Christian Godbout (vice-président); François Godbout (secrétaire et trésorier).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Sibylla Hesse’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 860255413RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.